Digitized  by 

the  Internet  Archive 

in  2015 

https://archive.org/details/chipsunnaturalhiOOchip 


NEW  -  V  ORK. 

COPYRIGHT.  1888,  BT 

FREDERICK  A.STOKES  &;  BROTHER. 

SUCCESSOR'S  TO 

WHITE.  ^TOKE^  ^ALLEN. 

1888. 


MY  MOST  TRUE  AND  DEVOTED  ADMIRER 
FRIEND  AND  COMPANION 

(Chip.  ) 

DO  I  DEDICATE  THESE  rE"W  PAQES 
IN  HOPES-  THAT  IN  YEARS  TO  COME  • 

WHEN  READINQ  THEM  OVE'R 
HE  WILL  FULLY  REALIZE  WHAT  A 


Mi  IMlAPi  ©IF  HOIMlSiLlFo 


„       .  .    The  Spring  Chicken  • 
Spring  Chickens  ^eneraliij  have  tuuo  legs,  budt  there  ts  au 
j^^J  special  breed  of  the  Spring  Chicken  to  be  found  only  in 
Boarding  Houses  thaJt  is  composed  of  nothing  but  Le^S. 
As  to  hou;  lond  a  Sprind  Chicken  UVes ,  that  depencl.s 
on  circumsta,nces,  although  some  persons  sai)  that  R\ 
der  Ha^^ards"She"u;as  a  sort  of  a  human  Sprind  Chic/c- 
en.  The  Sprind  Chicken  deriues  its  name  from  the  eld^tidtu 
of  cts  flesh  ^ 


The  Chetah^ 
in  the  u^ilds  of  Baxter  street  is  line  Ch  eta.h  or  Cheater  to  be 
I  found  in  all  his  dtabotLcal  ferodti/  .There  he  luUl  stand  for 
loarsat  the  entrance  of  his  den,aLuaLtui^  an  opportixjn'dif  to 
sprtr?^  upon  some  innocent  and  iinsiLspectLng  counCrij  cHLde, 
Luhom  he  does  dra^  Luii:hLn  hts  horrible  Latr^  ti/here  he  tor- 
tures his  victim  into  buuinq  a  four  doLLar  bUce  suit  "ALt 
LuooL,so  neiiup  me  Isaac. 


TTiE  Coat  • 
he  G-oat  IS  to  be  found  In  Jersey  City ; Harlem,  and  other 
foret^a  countries.  Tfiis  animal  Is  a  ^reat  ctimber,  in  Fact  ct 
Jori^/nali^  came  From  a  distant  clime .  The  Goat  is  not  a  tem- 
perance^ quadruped  for  I  haue  knoiun  manu  of  them  to  have 
a*'horn''Luhen  onlu  a  year  old^arid.  theu  arealtuays  makuig 
\i.^as"for  bock  beer.  The  chief  food  oF  G-oa.ts  coasists  of 
circus  posters  and"rermaCer"caas.The  Coat  is  Inclined 
to  be  rather  skepttcal,  fortuhen  uoa  tru  bo  impart  any  in - 
formatioa  to  it ,  it  cuilL  generall4i^  say  "Bah/ "  ^ 


^^^^.^  An  Eagle. 

MMhe  above  picture  of  an  Eadle  is,  I  ara  sorry  tosaij.auery 
^Mlpoor  one,oLutn$  to  the  fad:  that  the  artist  had  fo  drau; tt  from 
memori| ,  he  once  hai;in$  seeaone  luheri  he  uuas  a  tittle  boy  .Ea- 
gles are  exceedingly  rare  though  I  believe  Wm.K.Vanderbat  has 
one  or  tu;o  fine  specrmens .  TTiey  sau  that  art  Ea^e  has  no  brains 
but  u;ben  you  ^etone  it  can  be  redMu  changed  and  made  teshoiu 
a lar^e amount  dcent^.Nn  Ea^le  is  attuays  on  his  mettle  aad. 
luhen  you  hai/e  one  In  t^our  possession  be  sore  and  treat  d  luetL 
(and  your  friends  a(so) .  Near/y  all  the  Eadles  come  from  the 
United  States'  Treasuru  luhere  they  qii/e  the  persons  employed  there 
a  mmtof  trouble.  The  old  Romans  used  to  suiear  by  the  Ea^leThe 
Ea^le  makes  a  ^reat  number  of  men  of  the  present  day  siuear,  be- 
cause they  h'aint  ^ot  it. 


A  Little  Bare- 
^pou  must  bear  in  mind  that  this  Bare  ts  copstdered  a 
Ulihidhtu  respectable  Bare, and  that  it  ean  be  found  m  the 
besf  society  re  it  should  forbear  to  be  so  bare  ittsa 
most  savmd  creature  and  u/ai.sts  but  little.  It  is  exfremelu 
fond  of  amusement  ^otn^  to  Balts,Theatres,  Operas  andfo 
alt  places  where  it  can  be  Looked  at .  Some  people  mau  ob- 
ject to  the  above  picture  on  account  of  its  bem^  a  tou/cut. 


.  A  Kid  . 

iids  are  curious  (ittle  creatures.  There  is  the  dressed 
akid  and  the  undressed.  Kids  take  great  pleasure  in 
eating  pins  and  playing  in  the  mud.  Some  kids  are  ophite 
and  some  are  black  The  ujhite  Kids  can  become  black  by 
falling  into  the  coai  scuttle. TTiou^h  a  kid  is  not  a  sheep  tt 
Ls  oftenlaTnmed"by  its  mother.  It  is  a  strange  fact  that 
other  people's  kids  area''btamed"si^ht  homelier  than  your 
oivn.  After  deep  and, careful  sDxdy,  o^lth  a  i/ast  amount  of 
experience  (I  hai/e  a  mimfcer  of  k'ialetl-es  muself)  |  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  tuorst  of  all  Was  is  the  ^u§/i/C/D 
The  tourfh  Kid  aLu^ays  thinks  he  knotus  more  than  ttie'blcL  man", 
u/Ut''sass"h.(,s  Mar,  smoke  se^ar  butts,  put  pins  in  your  chair 
tease  his  sister,  kick  the  cats,  and  throw  stones  at  the  new 
Minister . 


E  Pussy  Cat- 
^^ats  are  natives  of  the  Back -yard, luhere  tfieu  Love  to 
^^roam  and  "hotter"  in  fact,  to  make"Rome  hou7l"The 
people  of  the  dLstr/ct  where  the  Passy  Cat  abounds  u;a6e  fear- 
fal  luar  against  these  dumbPJcrea tares,  using  thedeajdlu  soda-iuafer 
bottle  and  the  all  poLuerful  boot  as  uyeapons  of  destruction.  Accord- 
ing to  the  cook,  the  Passu  Cat  feeds  on  su^ar, beef stea.k,tea, 
Coffee, soap,e^^s ,  Hoar,  ctothes-tmes,  /am,  tacks, te^s  of  mutton, 
toaiets ,  matches  and  broken  dishes .  The  Cat  has  a  fine  voice 
and  delights  to  sm^  "  In  the  Gtoamin^  " 


The  lyfoNKEY  • 
l^^onkeys  can  be  found  at  NeuDport ,  Saratoga  Jlixedo 
yiMll Park ,  and  the  Hoffman  House. To  study  the  Monkey 
fully  you  need  onlu  take  a  stroll  on  Rf  th  Avenue  any  afternoon  in 
the  Sprlnrf  or  Fad.  Occasionally  you  luUl  come  across  aMonkeu 
that  Ls  quite  noisy ,  but  generally  speakind  they  are  veru  subduide 
The  Monkey  isa^at  imiCautor,  and  is  alujays  trying  to  ape  the  Eng- 
lish. Vf)a  often  see  an  Italian  ividi  a  Monkey  on  a  sfring .  The  Mon- 
keys the  Italians  doa't  haue  the^irls  keep  on  a  stifin^  .Hie  Monkeusof 
the  forest  have  lond  tails. The  Monkeys  or  our  cities  haueno  tads^ 
Ihourf/i  many  a  tale  could  be  told  or  them .  In  toy  shops  the  Mon- 
keu  IS  sold^nastick.lncane  stones  the  city  Monkey  is offcfi sold 
on  nis  stick ,  by  paying  ten  dollars  more  than  it  is  luorth. 


The  Clothes  Horse  •   

|he  Clothes  Horse  is  Luideiy  spread  ouer  the  Li^t  House - 
Jkeepin?  Countru  ,  tuhere  it  tuanders  in  all  its  na  ive  beauty 
through  ttie  territory  of  the  kitchen  .The  Clothes  Horse  has  a 
cur/ous  habit  of  puling  on  different  ' articles  of  ujcinnj^  ^PK' 
and  then  dettind  as 'near  to  a  fire  as  possible.  Oftea  you  loitl  see 
it  uiith  nolKind  on  but  a  pair  of  socks,  tfiou^h  d  ^  vera  fond  of 
dressind  up  in  Mother  Hubbards,  tou/els ,  shirts  and  other  UJht 
and  airy  costumes.  TTiere  are  seuera.1  varieties  of  the  Horse,  Che 
Horsetdr,Hospilal,  Hoarse  Voice,  H 'ostrich  (English,  you  knou^and 
Horse  Chestnut  a  the  latter  is  much-  prized  by  Minstrel  Men.  I  here 
is  aaot:her  kind  called  Mare.  Sometinxes  the  Mayor  is  a  big  don- 
key- 


A   S  WALLOW  . 
or  rnany,  many  years'  haue  men  been  strii/mtf  to  putdou/n 
uffiVLiiiUieSLuaLLoais  and  Oiey  ^enenally  succeed  if  tney  have  the 
cash.  There  is  an  old  saying  that  'one  stuallotu  does  not  make 
a  summer/' but  /  haue  seen  three  or  four  rr)afea"faU'\ 
Some  StuaLLouis  are  remarkably"  strong**  and  often  able  to 
lake  a  man  right  off  his  Le^s.  Stualloius  can  beeasib/  rais- 
ed by  hand.  Some  Sa/allotus  are  uery  mild  while  others 
have  a  ^reat  deal  of  sp/rits  T  When  you  oiish^to  obtain  a 
SLualtotu,  all  that  you  have  to  do  Is  to  Look  at  the  soda 
wditer  clerk  andiumk . 


The  Bat  • 

^Sats  are  most  attractive  animals.  I  have  seen  thousands 
^Sof  people  go  to  see  a  Base  Ball  Bat.  I  beleive  they  are 
used  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  persons,  for  you  often  hear 
of  a  dentteman  Qoind  off  on  a'^Bat  The"^ent"(iyho  ^oes  on  a 
"^Bat  aUuays  takes  a  "ball*!  A  Bat  ls  essentiatty  a  thin^otthe 
ni^ht.  Some  great  nian(muselM  think) once  said  that tfa Bat 
$ot  into  your  hatr,  you  would  never  be  able  to  ^et  it  out  a^ain. 
A  bald  headed  man  who  at  one  time  wa.s  travelling  through 
Philddet^hia  had  a  Bat  get  info  his  hair.  The  shock  u;as  so  se- 
vere to  his  nerves  that  tu/enhj  years  afteroiards  he  died  from 
the  effects  of  falling  out  a  fifteen  story  wmdow 


Snakes  • 

nakes  are  Found  m  aLL  Lar6e  cities,  mostly  where 
there  is  littLe  uuater.  They  are  very  fond  of  concealing 
biemseti/es  in  otitof-the-iuay  f)laces,  sach  as  boots,  bottleS/ 
etc.  The  Snake  differsjtfreatli/  in  size,  according  to  thequat- 
ity  of  your  u;hiskey  .The  Snake  can  generally  be  seea  on 
Sunday  mornLn($s,at  about  eleven  o'clock  .The  Snake 
IS  extremely  partiaL  to'Ved  paiat"  and  if  you  hdJ/e,  been 
ustn^  any  tne  ni^ht  before ,  you  are  pretty  sure  to  have  Lots 
of 'em  aroujid  the  next  day. 


ADear. 

^ShisSiueet  creatare(l  am  ^lad  fco  sau)Ls  to  be  Found  alt 
ffil^ovepthe  luorld.Someof  these  Dears  are  considered. fo 
be  quite  dangerous,  for  they  hayea  habilrof  attacking  the 
heart,  a/h/ch  at  once  renders  their  v/ctims  perfectltjlielpless. 
Their  means  of  subsistence  i/ary  according  to  the  season? 
of  theuear.ln  sairimer  they  fee  a  on  /'ce-cream  and  soda- 
U^ater  while  in  winter  uoul  $/Ve  them  fried  oysters  and  the 
atre  tcc/^ets,  after  u^hLch  the  Dears  ^eneratcy  marry  the 
"other  feller." 


™_      .  The  Tiger. 

MMiOer  Is  very  dangerous  and  should  not  be  meddled tulth 
^^If  you  do  uoaare  apt  to  get  badLu  bitten.  Thousands  of 
men  delist  Inh^htir)^  the  Ttger/as  they  comsider  it  dreat 
^ame.T>?e  coLor  of  the  Ti^er  is'Ved  and  btack!'  When  you, 
catt  and  see  the'Tiqer  you.  mast  ato/aus  shooi  yoar  card. 
The  Ti^er  resembtes  a  Highway  Robber^  because  tohen uou 
do  see  it  tt  tultL  cx)mpeL  you.  to  throuu  up  uour  hands  and 
demand  you/  money  or  yoar  ttfe.  Sometimes  it  ^ets  both. 


Tjhe  Ply  . 

^Hnts  daoj  and  festive  cuss  can  (generally  be  found  m  the 
HH butter  The  flu  ts.not  considered di  dsm^erous  beastyiU- 
though  I  once  saur  a  Lar^e  and  unfeetmd  Fty  drive  a  strong, 
SLeepy  man  fo  soLctde.  The  Fly  condredates  in  the^n^t 
ciuanattes  tV?  places  of  Divine  worship  tuhere  uou  are  not 
moLued  to  "cuss':  ^ 


The  Cow- 
|he  CoLu  LS  a  uery  useful  anirtiaL  ,  ttgfVes  nice  rresh 

 Isuuill  milk.  Some  Coius  hai/e  iron  taus;  if  it  werf.  mtfor 

theCotu  (xiith  the  iron  taii.a^reat  mani/  mtlkmen  Luoaldsfen/e 
The  uoung  of  a  Cow  is  called,  a  Calf  The  Calf  ^iVes  condens- 
ed  imiLk,lhe  Coiu  is  not  of  a  Uferarij  tarn  of  mind,  Por  aaij - 
thin^  red  (read). to  a  Cou;  ts  displeasing .  If  any  one  caiis  a 
Cou;  an  Ox  it  is  a  Ball 


— ^  The  Donkey.  ^ 

r^^^tuhere  you  uuill  ,  you  are  certain  to  meet  theDonkeu 
^^The  Donkey  is  exceedinglu  mquisitiVe  bixto^  little  in- 
teLli^nce.andtiioadh  not  a  Ferocioas  animal,  stilt  ttmight 
be  called  a  beast  of  brau  .TPiere  are  several  kinds  of  Donkey: 
the  Buzz  Sau; .  Kerosenk  ,  Not- Loaded  ,  and  Perpetual  Motion 
Also  a  ntimberof  other  speaes  of  lesser  note.  The  Donkey  ts 
an  obiect  -lonable  bruCeJor  he  ts  aliua(is**kickin(f  T  Iht  Donkey  is 
sure  to  be  an  Ass  v 


EAVER • 

m^iifSr^J^^^y^S     rapicllu  becoming  extinct, but  tfrerets 
gi^a  breed  Hiat  has  sprung  into  Existence  oflafegearc 
which  resembles  the.  Beaver  someiwhat  in  appearance  and 
M/htch  has  erronepusli/  been  catted  by  that  nirVie.ancl  though 
a  member  of  Oie  Dicer^family.is  certaimu  not  a  Beaver  Attu 
Gen.  Breu>ster  possesses  a  ueru  fine  specimen  of  BeaverBea- 
vers.andm  fact  attof  the  Dicer 'tnbe  are  exceedindtu  fond 
of  br/cks  Thas  or/^mated  the  expression  havind  a^Mck  in 
your  hat  ^ 


^^he  Goose  Ls  large  and  heavy  and  has  a  constitation 
IBSof  iron  .The  Goose  is  an  ardent  loyer  and  Is  ever  pres- 
sm^  its  salt  When  It  meets  with  any  difHcaltu  it  becomes 
quite  heated  in  trying  bo  smooth  it  over.  The  Goose  is  an  in- 
habitant of  the  Tatior  Shops^thoadh  uoumay  find  a  some- 
tuhat  smatter  variety,  known  as  the  Rat- Iron, in  nearty  ev- 
ery hoasehotd  on  th^  face  of  the  Globe.  The  Rat- Iron  .is 
much  used  by  fanny  writtrs  as  the  means  of  produjcin^ 
lati^Wer,  by  beintf  made  the  tueapoa  ujiCh  ifhich  to  destroy 
lieh-pecked.  husbands  and  mothers- in.- Lauy.  The  tailor  thinw 
^^reat  deat  of  the  Goose  and  ala/ays  ^ives  It  a  tvarm  recep 


"The  Oyster  • 

I^^^P^^^^^^A^'^'^H^'^'^'^  ^'^^y  prefer  stay Ind  In  their 
^J^Beds  The  Oyster  is  veru  Unfortunate  Tor  ct  ts 
alu^aus  ^ettin^  into  hot  waiter  and.  raislno  aTsteiuTheu 
^enerAKy  do  todether  in  numbers  of  hatf  adozemtfiouft 
^  ^2P^H  ^^^^9  f^nd  it  atone ,  untess  uoa  order 

3u  steius,  tuhich  only  millLonaires  and  comic  artists  caa 
afford  to  do  .  The  Oyster  (^s  a  gentte  ttttte  th/n^  and  hates 
to  see  strife,  sund  many  a  time  a  fait  and.  happy  husband^on 
retlirnip^  honie  late  at  nt^ht  from  the  Ctafe/has  soothed 
hisanxioas  a;/ fe  and  the  hard  broom  stick  tulthaFrytna 
Boa-. 


The  D 


here  are  four  kinds  of  Dog" ;  the  Big  Do^,  Little  Do§,  Yal- 


ored  shirts,  and  smokes  cigarettes.  Ihe  Do^  is  an  affecttoiufean 
imal  and  uiiirattach"ttsetf  to  almost  any  one.  The  Docf  feeds  on 
Tramps  and  choice  uictuals  hooked  from  the  diritag'  table.When 
a  Dog^ek  mad  It  bites  people. The  people  luho  are  bitten  also^et 
mad. They  say  that  if  tjou  look  an  an^ry  uo^  straight  in  the  eye 
it  a;i/i  not  molest  you  i  but  /  found  the  best  thina  to  do  under 
such  circawstdLtices  is  to  tarn  in  the  opposite  direction  and 
run  like  tfie*'dooce" 


^^he  Hp^  IS  a  native  of  all  av/Ui^-edW  countries  .Tf)e 
i^^Ho^  LS  a§reat  traveler;  you  u/lll  be  sure  to  see  him  on 
raLtroad  cars  steamboats, and clLL other  pubUii conveyd.nces^ 
also  In  restaurants  and  boarding  houses.  A^')u;eddresseA''Ho^ 
is  the  Luorst  Kind  of  a  Ho^The  Ho^  is  veru' fresh"  but"  is  offer) 
Cured r and.  has  his'' bacon  cooked'for  him  . This.  6ea.s^ smokes 
badsegars  and  eats  uith  his  knife  .The  Ho^isa^doty'an- 
in7at  and  ^eneralty  uiajits  the^'earth." 


iHE  V^ROWLER. 

j^Phere  are  several  species  of  theCroailer,  the  most  popular 
UaLJIbeind  the  Little  Brown  Ja^  Groiuler.  TFiey  inhabit  fenemenf 
houses  ana  also  larde  factories  .Tne  G-rotuler  is  readily  domesti- 
cated and  is  used  for  "u^orklntf ''purposes.  Strange  to  say  the 
G-roLuter  seems  to  be  the  most  active  during  the  hottest  season 
of  the  i/ear,  for  then  It  may  be  seen*rushin^*'about  the  streets  pf  bi^ 
cities,  foaming  at  the  mouth  and  diuin^  in  and  oat  of  dooru/ays.The 
Crouyter  is  a  §^reat  climber,  I  having  knouin  one  to  run  up  a  bill 
u^lth  the  greatest  ease.-  if  not  paid, it  is  alo/ays  tL^oidated 


i 


